Folding umbrella.



No. 884,712. PATENTED APB., 14, 1908. J. CASALE. `FOLDING UMBRELLA.

,APP-mommy HLBD HAY 20.1907.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

WTNESSES To ali whom concern:

Be itknown that I, Josnrn CAsALE, of the f folding umbrellas, andthe object of my in- {Mvention is to v l o l i Vwithout a cover, which is applied as usual, sov

f city, county, arid'State of New York, have '.lnventedia' new 'Tand useful Improvement in i .Folding Umbrellas, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description;

umbrella which the frame and stick will all easily and quickly and vcombinations of'part's which will be hereinafter described and claimed.

von the line 2.2 of Fig. 1. Fig.4 3 is a broken sectional plan on the line 3.3 of Fig. 2. Fig.

-joints ofthe telescoping stick parts. 1s adetail in section ,of one Fi 6 is a plan ,of the same.

1 tai of. one ofthe bracel joints., .aredetails infront and side elevation of the Figv4 10.is a longitudinal section ofthe -unasection 0h the line 11-.1 1 of I JosEPHfciisArE, oriurw Yoan, NY,

FOLDING UMBRELLA.

Specication of Letters Patent.l I Patented lAplrilill, 1908.

implication med may 2o, 1907. serial No. 374,555.

My inventionrelates to improvements in,

reduce a ractical andconvenient umbrela, in -whic l the stick is made of telescopingparts, and in which the ribs and ybracesalso telescope.

' My inventio'n is intended to -produce an.-

reduce to a small coni-v pass Vso that itcan be conveniently carried or packed, and also to construct the parts so that the umbrella can be easilyo cned, and. will serve the ,purposes of theor inary umbrella. With these'endsjin view, my inventionA consists oi'certain features of construction jReference is to behad' to the accompanying drawings forming a part of thiss ecifi cation, in which similar iigures and etters of reference .indicateY corresponding parts surface nut 13,

between the head 18 of the center rod ples'-e ently referred to and the shown' in Fig. 1, tothe in all the views.Y

Figure 1 is aside elevation'of lthefjrame' work-oi the umbrella with the parts in open position. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail section 4 1s a vertical section through one of the Fig. 5

of the rib joints. Fig. 7 is a de- Figs. 8 and 9 means forpivoting the ribs and their catches.'

brella iniolded-position. Fig. 11 is a .cross Fig. 10. Fig. 12 is a-detailsection on. the line-12of Fig..10.l Fig. 13 is a cross section' on the line 13.13` of Fig. 10. Fig. 14 is across section on the line 14.14 of Fig. 10,.and Fig. 15 is a lon itudinal section of a modified form oi umbrel a stick.

In the drawing I have shown the umbrella that the parts may not kbe confused.

The

'into the thimble v1'5 and .stick is a ri umbrella isprovided with the usuali? stick, exce 109 are' `hol other.

t that the parts 10, 10a, 10? and ow and telescope. one within the The lower and larger telescopic part l 4nut 13 also screws tothe thimble 15, and the threaded ring 14 whichfits upon the reduced part of the nut 12', is nuts 12 and 1 3, and serves to lock the inner ends .of the'umbrell'a 1'bs, as hereinafter declamped' between1 the;V

scribed. -The ring 14 is cutaway on one side as-shown at 14a in Fig. 11, so that by turning it, the o` en part can be brought above the pivots o the umbrella ribs and enable -them to be easily put -in place, as will appearlbe#r low. On the outerend of the thim le-15 is screwed a thin nut 16, between the nut 13 is clamped one end oi the rubber or other hood 17, the other end being dampedA nut 19 on the said rod 20, and so whenfthe rod is pushed u as, osition whic it assumes/'when the umbrel a is opened, the hood 17will prevent the water from running so 'leaking down around the umbrella stick.

` The rod 20 extends down into the' part 1,0C

of the umbrella stick, and serves as a stiliener to s tiiien the said stick. It is upper and outer end portionf vduced cylindrical part 21, vand when the rod is pulled out through the opening in 'the flattened at its thimble 15, the `part 21 will permit it to be so thatl it will lock overv tliimble 15 and hold the rod" turned half around, the walls of the extended. i

At the u per end of eachsection of the 22'or1ned by material of the stick section, and this forms pressing out the which and A i 9" and has a re-j' ico a recess to' receive the catches 23 which are 5 arranged inpairs near` the lower ends 'of lthe stick sections, Aand are held on -opposite members of the bow shaped spring 24', which vis held upon a crosslpin 25 in thelower ends -offjthe' stick sections, so that when. the seci' ull'ed out, the fcatches'23'will push tifsj are l through t e' holes in tlreparticular section 'in which they are held', and enter' the |`recesses .'fo'rmed on tlieinnerwalls ofther'ibs22, and

s0 hold the stick in' extended osition.- When the stick is. pushed toget er, the

rounded upper ends of the top -spring 24 enter the recess in the stick 20 (see Fig. 10), which pulls the ends of the top spring 24 together, thus releasing its catch 23, and the continued'movement causes the lower end of the top section 10 to engage the next spring 24 below, and so on until each springv is closed and its catches-released.

The umbrella is provided with ribs 26 ar ranged in a general way as umbrella ribs usually are, and the sections are of the conventional inverted LJl shape in cross section, and slide one within the other'. The inner section 26- of each rib has its sides pivoted between ears27 on the nut 12,' and the ribs normally tend to spring open by reason ofthe tension of the coil springs 28, which are curled around the pivots 29 of the ribs, and the free ends of the springs press respectively against the nut 12 and the backs ofthe ribs. It will now be seen that by turning the ring 14 to bring the part 14a above one of these joints, enables the joint to be easily reached, and arib inserted or removed. This makes ,it easy to assemble the parts or' to repair tlfe umbrella if necessary. Y

The rib sections 26 slide one within vthe other, and at the outer ends of all'but the outer section, the, 4several sections have in.

30 turned inner edges 26a' which serve to ofuide the next succeeding'section, as shown iny Fig.

5. At these points or joints, 'the outside rib section has lugs 30, which. are erforated, so that the cover can be vattache therein', and these lugs carry springs 31, which are yieldingly pivoted in the lugs, and each spring has a catch 32 at itsfree end, which projects throughv the slot in the outside section in I which it is mounted, and through the hole 33' in the inside section, as shown clearly in Fig. 5. nextthe outer end of the rib, so that when the next succeeding rib is pushed inward against it, it will free the catch and permit the telescoping.` To provide for starting this unlocking action, the outer section ofall has within it a rod 34, which is shown clearly in Fig. 10, and this has an inturned outer end as shown at 35, which when the umbrella is folded, rests up on the flange 59, to be hereinafter referred to, and which in the `said position is held also beneath a ring 45, also to be referred to presently. When the umbrella is opened, the part 35engages the part 4%, (see Fig. 10,) and so the sections'h are pulled out one from the other, `but when the reverse action takes place, the outer section 2 6 slides in toward the umbrella stick, through the next section, the rod 34 strikes the first catch 33, andreleases it, the inner end of the next section 26 Istrikes the next inner catch 33 and releases it, and so on until alll the catches are released.

The umbrella is provided with telescoping brace sections 36, which are arranged in substantially the usual way, and extend from The catch 32 is inclined on the sidetheribs to the r'uii'ner 37, which ismade up of numerou's'parts to b e presently referred to.' The bracelsections, where they meet are each made to overlap the adjacent sec-l tion, as shown at l33, and this is clearly seen in Fig. 7. The inner section also has a 'hole-in the back as shown at 39, which registers with a smaller hole 40 in the outera section, and an in-turned spring part 41 of the inner section serves to press the end 42 of the catch rod 43'through the holes 39 and 40, and this holds the brace in extended osition. The catch rod 43 lies partly witliin the inner section 36, andv is pivoted to the same carrier'44 which carries its brace, but at a point a little below the carrier, sothat the catch rod 43 and brace section 36 swing ondifferent centers, and when the parts are lextended, they assume' a position shown m Fig. 7, but when the umbrella is folded and the runner 37 pulled down, ,the catch end 43 pulls out of the hole 40 and allows the sections or members 36 to slide together. The carriers 44 are little sheet metal devices, which 'are dovetailed into the sup ort-ing ring or flange 45, and areheld in place by the ring nut 46 which serves the ydouble ur pose -of preventing the carriers from falling out and engaging the ends .35 ofthe rods 34., as already described. The flange 45 is l formed onthe sliding sleeve 47 and this has its outer ends turned in and formed into spring members 43, which slide on the umbrella stick and serve to steady the runner. The sleeve 4'7 has a limited movement on the second sleeve or tube 49, which slides up and down the umbrella stickland also forms a l part of the runner, and the movement of the )arts 47 and 49 with relation to each other, 1s limited by the pin 5l, which is fast in the part 47, and slides in the slot 5() of the part 49. The sleeve 47 lhas a spring latch 52 which extends through 'the slot 53 in the sleeve, and through a corresponding slot in the tubular member 49, and engages one of the annular ribs 22 of the umbrella stick. ln this connection it should be noticed that the middle rib 22n of the umbrella stick is too wide to enter the notch '54 in the catch 53, and so this catch engages only the ylower and upper ribs 22, thus holding the umbrella in closed or o enposition as desired. The tubularpart 49 ot the runner extends down and merges into a cylinder 55, which is preferably milled on the outside, so that it can be gripped readily, and this has aseries of pistons 56 which are radially arranged and suitably guided, and are/pressed by springs -57 into engagement with the umbrella stick so as to steady the lrunner at its lower end. Just above the cylinder 55 and on the sleeve 47, are lrip-turned flanges 5S and 59, concentrically arranged, andforming between thema recess to receive the ends of the folded umbrella ribs, while the part 59- also serves to'support the in-turned ends 35 sse-,ria a of the rods 34. The flanges 58 and 59are sections,the combination with the lsaid secalsoattached to and concentric with the tions. having adjacent parts recessed, of U sleeve 60, which is normally pressed up by a ,shaped springs held within the sections and .I spring 61, coiled around the sleeve 47, and provided with catches to engage the recessesv held against a nut 62. This arrangement of the sections and hold them 1n open posienables the iianges 58 and 59 which serve tion, said catches having prolonged free ends ascatches, to be moved so as to release the and means for engaging said ends and rerib ends, if desired. leasinIg the catches.-

In Fig. I have shown aslight modificaan umbrella of the kind described, the

i0 tion of the umbrella stick construction, incombination with the telescoping stick secwhichthe parts are normally opened by the tions, of the bow shaped spring catches pivtension of internal springs 66, and the parts oted through their centers and adapted to are closed by means of a pull cord 6 4, Which project through holes in the inner sections is attached' to a cross-pin 63 in the up er secand enter recesses in the outer sections, said '15' tion 10b, and has,l apull ring 65 be ow the catches having prolonged free ends, and slidv ters Patent handle.. Y ing means for' pressing the free ends oi the When the umbrella is to be opened, the catches together to release them.

operator grasps the crown and the part 57 of `/5.. The combination with the umbrella the runner, and pulls out the whole affair stick, the runner thereon and the telescoping 2O longitudinally, and this causes the stick to be rib sections, of the telescopic braces connectelongated and pullsthe rib sections and ing the runner with the sections, and catch brace sections into extended position, after rods pivoted to the runner below the ivots which the umbrellarunner` is pushed up, of the inner brace sections, said cato rods -and 'the catch 54 engages the rib 22 and holds lying within the inner brace sections and hav- :25 the umbrella open. To close catch 54 ing their outer ends shaped to project" is rei-leased, runner pulled down as usual, through holes in adjacent inner and outer and the parte telescope as already described. brace sections.

Having thus fully described myinvention, 6.l The combination with the telescoping l claim as new and desire to secure by Letstick, ribs and braces, of the runner sliding on s the stick andy having a catch to engage prol. A folding umbrella having a stick jections thereon, springs secured to the runformed of telescopin'g'parts, the sections of ner and projecting upwardly and inwardly the parts having annular ribs thereonwhich thereof so as to impinge on the stick, and a have recesses on their inner sides, and some series of-spring pressed plungers arranged of which serve on their outer sides as catches around the stick below the runner so as to c for the umbrella runner, in combination with impinge on the stick.

spring catches on theinner sides oi thestick 1. The combination 'with the telescoping sections, adapted to enter theaforesaid restick, ribs and braces, of the runner on the cesses, and a runner having a latch to engage stick, the catches to hold'the ribs extended,

. .40 some of theaforesaid ribs. said catches being arranged to open by end- 2. A folding umbrella having a telescopic Wise pressure towards the stick, and the slide Y stick, a stiiiening rod held in the upper secrods in the outer sections of the ribs, .the said tion oi the stick and extending through the rods having inturnedends and means on the umbrella crown, a crown, means for fastenrunner to engage the said iii-turned ends ing the top or" the stiiiening rod in extended when the umbre la is folded. -osition and a iiexible hood having one part secured to the rod and another to the crown y JOSEPH CASALE' whereby the crown and rod are loosely con- Witnesses: 'nected WARREN B. HUToHINsoN,

'3. Inanumbrella having telescopic stick 4 Frei-imi L. STULK. 

